Veli Kreci

Arsimimi

• Sep 2013 - May 2014: Post-Doctoral (Fulbright Scholar Program)
  Faculty: The Graduate School of International Policy and Development
  Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Monterey, California
  Specialty: Policy Studies
  Thesis: "Theoretical Frameworks on Improving Use of Policy Relevant Information in the Policy Making Process "
  
  
• May 2007 - Dec 2010: Ph.D in Political Sciences
  Faculty: Public Administration and Political Sciences
  South East European University, Tetovo
  Specialty: Policy Analysis
  Thesis: "Measuring Use of Policy Research in the Policymaking Process: Case Macedonia"
  
  
• Jan 2000 - Dec 2001: Master of Public and International Affairs
  Faculty: Graduate School for Public and International Affairs
  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
  Specialty: International Affairs
  
  
• Sep 1993 - Sep 1997: Bachelor of Art in International Relations
  Faculty: Political Sciences
  Istanbul University, Istanbul
  Specialty: International Relations
  Thesis: "N/R"
  
  

Publikimet

• Veli Kreci, Islam Jusufi. North Macedonia: Local elections and the parliamentary political dynamics (forthcoming). In In Adam Gendźwiłł, Ulrik Kjaer, Kristof Steyvers (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe , pp. Chapter 38. Routledge, NY, 12 / 2021. ISBN ISBN 9780367444334. (Download)
  
  
• Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru and Veli Kreci. Understanding Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Policymaking in Romania and North Macedonia: A Comparative View. In Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law, pp. 312-327. JOPAFL, Iasi, Romania, 12 / 2020. ISBN 2285–2204. (Download)
  
  
• Larry Hubbell and Veli Kreci. The Importance of Introducing a Merit-Based Hiring System in North Macedonian Governments. In SEEU Review vol 14(2), pp. 122-134. Sciendo, North Macedonia, 4 / 2020. ISBN 1857-8462. (Download)
  
  
• Merita Zulfiu Alili, Veli Kreci, Alexander Krauss and Nada Trunk. The Role of Volunteering in the Integration of Roma Children in Schools-Lessons for the Republic of North Macedonia. In SEEU Review vol 14(2), pp. 78-93. Sciendo, North Macedonia, 4 / 2020. ISBN 1857-8462. (Download)
  
  
• Dermol et al. EU Challenge to Build a Cohesive and Diverse Society. In Book. ToKnowPress, Bankok-Celjle-Lublin, 12 / 2019. ISBN 978-83-65020-27-7. (Download)
  
  
• Memet Memeti, Veli Kreci. Role of municipal council in increasing citizen participation at the local budget process. In Central European Public Administration Review, 14(2-3), pp. 53-73. CEPAR, Ljubljana, 6 / 2016. ISBN 2591-2259. (Download)
  
  
• Murphy, P and Kreci, Veli. Identifying quasi-legitimate actors in the policy making process: case Macedonia. In The 19th NISPAcee Annual Conference, pp. 270. NISPAcee PRESS, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2011. ISBN 978-80-89013-55-5. (Download)
  
  
• Kreci, Veli and Ymeri, Bekim. The Impact of Territorial Re-Organizational Policy Interventions in the Republic of Macedonia”, . In Local Government Studies. Volume 36: 2, pp. 271-290. Routledge, London, 5 / 2010. ISBN Print ISSN 0300-3930. (Download)
  
  
• Kreci, Veli and Ymeri, Bekim. Conceptualizing Territorial Reorganizationl Policy Interventions in the Republic of Macedonia. In Territorial Consolidation Reforms in Europe Ed. Pawel Swianiewicz, pp. 129-159. LGI publications, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 2010. ISBN 978-963-9719-16-3. (Download)
  
  
• Dunn, W.N., Miller, D.Y., Chandra, S., Kreci. V., and Saslawski, J.. Context and Self-Sustainability in Public Administration Education: The Macedonia Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management. In Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programmes in Europe: The Road from Bologna, pp. 311-327. NISPAcee Publications, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2008. ISBN 978-80-89013-37-1. (Download)
  
  
• Murphy, J. P., Kreci, V., Saslawski, J., and Bocevski, I. Public Administration Education in Southeastern Europe: Accelerating the process. In Institutional Requirements and Problem Solving in the Public Administrations of the Enlarged European Union and Its Neighbors, pp. 280. NISPAcee, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2005. ISBN 80-89013-20-1. (Download)
  
  

Përvoja e punës

• Sep 2018 - Present : Director
  Max van der Stoel Institute, South East European University, North Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Education and Research
  Main responsibilities: Promoting and facilitating quality research; managing collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects; identifying and establishing research priority areas; and accelerating research capacity of the university.
  
  
• Apr 2021 - Present : Full Professor
  South East European University
  Type of business or sector: Education and Research
  Main responsibilities: Teaching and Research
  
  
• Jun 2016 - Apr 2021: Associate Professor
  South East European University
  Type of business or sector: Education and Research
  Main responsibilities: Teaching and Research
  
  
• Jun 2019 - Aug 2019: Adjunct Professor
  Seattle University, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle, USA
  Type of business or sector: Education and Research
  Main responsibilities: Delivered a graduate course titled "Effective Policy Making: The European Union" to master students from the College of Arts and Sciences study programs.
  
  
• Apr 2011 - May 2016: Assistant Professor
  South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Education
  Main responsibilities: Teaching and Research
  
  
• Dec 2010 - Aug 2013: Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies
  South East European Univerisity, Tetovo, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Education
  Main responsibilities: Co-ordinate the development, implementation, management, and evaluation of graduate curricula within the Faculty; responsible for the daily management of academic and graduate student issues including enforcing academic regulations and quality assurance.
  
  
• Sep 2006 - Nov 2010: Assistant
  South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Education and Research
  Main responsibilities: Courses teaching: Public Policy and Management Planning and Control in Public Sector Introduction to Public Administration Human Resources Management in Public Sector
  
  
• Jun 2008 - Jul 2008: Co-professor
  International Summer University in Macedonia, Ohrid, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Higher Education Project
  Main responsibilities: Course taught: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
  
  
• Jul 2007 - Jul 2007: Co-professor
  International Summer University in Macedonia, Bitola, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Higher Education Project
  Main responsibilities: Course taught: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
  
  
• Sep 2002 - Aug 2006: Assistant Director
  University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management Program in Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Education
  Main responsibilities: Represent the GCPPM on behalf of the Director and attend professional meetings as appropriate. Direct office personnel advise director on various projects; advise and counsel students related to their studies and policy papers.
  
  
• Sep 2003 - May 2006: Adjunct Faculty
  Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management, Skopje, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Higher Education Project
  Main responsibilities: Assisting in delivering Public Policy Analysis, a graduate level course, at the GCPPM. Holding recitation sessions prior to the actual session and helping students with their policy issue papers.
  
  
• Feb 2004 - Jul 2004: Academic Coordinator (part-time)
  Civic Education Project, Skopje, Macedonia
  Type of business or sector: Higher Education Project
  Main responsibilities: Responsible for coordination of all activities pertaining to the Higher Education Studies in the Social Sciences (HESSS) project whose aim is curriculum reform and the introduction of the credit accumulation and transfer system in Macedonia, in line with
  
  
• Dec 2001 - Aug 2002: Research Assistant
  Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pittsburgh, USA
  Type of business or sector: University
  Main responsibilities: Work directly with Project Investigator and the project team in developing a project grant on "Establishing Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management".